Old-growth forest supporters greet MLAs at B.C. legislature ahead of fall session
Lawmakers heading into the first day of the fall session at the B.C. legislature were met by a small group of people looking for more concrete action on ending old-growth logging in the province.
“It’s time for them to take their deferrals seriously, stop logging in the deferral zones and save the old-growth – one of our best climate sinks we have,” she said, calling for logging moratoriums instead of deferrals. “They call it a deferral and then they cut in it, how is that helpful?” It used satellite imagery analysis to allege that some deferrals have already been destroyed – some to make way for pipelines – or are in the process of being clearcut.
The province’s new old-growth strategy is being developed with communities and First Nations, the statement said. Save Old Growth, one of the groups outside the legislature, said it’s not against logging, just the felling of old-growth trees, and that the majority of B.C. residents want to see the forests stay intact.
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